giriparpat :
CONCLUSION:
Podophyllum hexandrum is succulenterect herb, glabrous, up to 30 cm tall with creeping long knotty rhizomes. Stem one or two, simple, leafy without top. Leaves alternate, palmate, up to 25 cm in dimeter, deeply divided in 3-5 lobes, toothed, purple spotted.It is a native to Himalayan region(Uttarkashi) in India.Rhizomes are used for typhoid fever, jaundice, dysentery, chronic hepatitis,scofula, rheumatism, skin diseases,tumerous growth, kidney & bladderproblems. Plant is also used forgonorrhoea, and syphilis.The podophyllum is used as a purgative and also for treatment of vaginal warts. Two derivatives of podophyllotoxin, called eloposide and teniposide are employed for treatment of cancers. Root paste is applied on ulcers, cuts and wounds.
